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Fighting Games Have Come A Long Way
14.1.2021
It’s common knowledge that fighting game sprites have grown larger and more refined as technology has improved, at least in those rare few games that still use them. But I never truly appreciated how big of a difference there is between the classics and their modern counterparts before now.Read more
Abandoned MF DOOM Game Sounded Cool
14.1.2021
News of MF DOOM’s death a couple of weeks ago led to an outpouring of tributes from artists around the world, from movie-makers to his peers and fans in the rap game, but one that caught my eye in particular was this project by Chafomon, an abandoned fan project for the Game Boy called MF Doom:...
Coheed And Cambria Frontman Writes Mournful Song About PlayStation 5 Shortages
14.1.2021
I want a PlayStation 5. I have tried on multiple occasions to acquire a PlayStation 5. I do not have a PlayStation 5. At the rate things are going, these words will likely be the first in my autobiography and on my tombstone—and perhaps yours as well. It is only right, then, that somebody...
Postal Worker Caught Stealing "PlayStation And Nintendo" Console Deliveries
14.1.2021
A USPS supervisor in Middletown, Connecticut has been sentenced to nine months of “home confinement” and a $20,000 fine after being caught stealing stuff like iPhones and “PlayStation and Nintendo gaming devices”.Read more
Fans Finally Crack Made-Up Assassin's Creed Language
13.1.2021
Assassin’s Creed is a neverending series of mysteries and puzzles, the most enduring of which is the Isu language. While it was first introduced in 2009’s Assassin’s Creed II, it wasn’t until last year’s Assassin’s Creed Valhalla provided substantial clues that fans were finally able to crack...
CD Projekt Red Apologizes For Cyberpunk 2077 Bugs, Says It's Avoiding Crunch On 'All Future Projects'
13.1.2021
In a video on Twitter and Q&A posted on the company’s website, CD Projekt Red co-founder Marcin Iwiński apologized for the state Cyberpunk 2077 launched in on consoles, shared a road map for updates to the game coming in the future, and said the studio would deliver these fixes “without...
Hogwarts Legacy Delayed To 2022
13.1.2021
WB Games’ upcoming open-world Harry Potter game Hogwarts Legacy has been pushed back to 2022. It was originally scheduled to arrive on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and PC sometime this year.Read more
Katy Perry Teams With Pokémon For Some Sort Of 25th Anniversary Music Thing
13.1.2021
Announced this morning by The Pokémon Company, popstar, American Idol judge, and new mom Katy Perry is headlining P25, a yearlong collaboration with Universal Music Group artists to produce ... music of some sort? It’s vague. Read more
Luigi's New Ride Is Just A Penis
13.1.2021
Today marks the start of mobile Mario Kart’s 35th tour, transporting players to Berlin, Germany, where Luigi dons knee-length leather shorts and rides about town in a wheeled phallus brandishing a fork-skewered sausage. Read more
Ubisoft Massive Is Making An Open World Star Wars Game
13.1.2021
Ubisoft is partnering with the the newly launched Lucasfilm Games to make an open world game based in the Star Wars universe, Wired reports. This apparently signals the end of EA’s previous exclusivity deal regarding the development of Star Wars video games.Read more
From Pokémon To Studio Ghibli, Here Are Excellent Snow Sculptures
13.1.2021
It’s cold! Some places are seeing snow, which might mean snowball fights and snowmen. For one Twitter user in Japan, the freezing precipitation means excellent sculptures.Read more
Evangelion Is Teaming Up With Anna Sui For Fashion Items In Japan
13.1.2021
Over the years, Evangelion has done all sorts of collaborations, but its latest, with fashion designer Anna Sui, is one of the more interesting.Read more
Hades x Techwear
13.1.2021
Alfonso Maesa is an illustrator and concept artist from the Philippines.Read more
Portal 2 Fans Are Making An All-New Campaign
13.1.2021
Desolation is a Portal 2 mod (though that descriptor really sells it short) that’s closer to a full-blown, fan-made sequel to Valve’s series.Read more
ESA Halts Political Donations After U.S. Capitol Storming
13.1.2021
The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) plans to stop political donations in the wake of the storming of the United States’ capitol building by a right-wing, insurrectionist mob hellbent on keeping Donald Trump in power, GamesIndustry.biz reports.Read more
It's 2021, There's Still A Pandemic Going On, Be Careful With Your Pokémon Go
13.1.2021
Pokémon Go made over $1 billion last year, which means loads of you are still playing it. Which is great! But hey, just remember, we’re still somehow in the middle of a global pandemic, and so going outside isn’t always the smartest idea.Read more
New Nintendo Switch Is In Mario Colors And Looks Fantastic
12.1.2021
Yeah, the Switch originally launched in red + blue, but this new colour scheme for the console is even more red + blue.Read more
Cyberpunk 2077, One Month Later
12.1.2021
After multiple delays, reports of mandatory overtime at the studio, and a years-long, nauseating hype train inescapably intertwined with edgelord marketing tactics and transphobia, CD Projekt Red finally released Cyberpunk 2077 into the world at the tail end of last year, and almost every day...
Twitch's Pogchamp Removal Was Never Enough, And Now It's Turning Into A Disaster
12.1.2021
It’s not every day you hear about an enormous platform like Twitch swatting the face of one of its most popular emotes clean off and rendering the president’s account indefinitely inert, as it did in the aftermath of last week’s Capitol Building insurrection. But Twitch does do similar things from...
Razer's Project Hazel Is A Translucent Face Mask With RGB Lighting
12.1.2021
If you’ve got to wear a mask (and you do), it might as well be a super-cool, high-tech mask with a translucent plastic front, voice-amplification tech, and RGB lighting effects. Read more